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25 March 2025, 08:15
Preview Three Russian journalists were killed and several others injured in what the Foreign Ministry has described as targeted Ukrainian attacks
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25 March 2025, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for many girls in the state, the arrival of their first period can mean the end of their school years as they face societal pressures to become brides.

Read the full story, “A Path Towards Ending Child Marriage”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

BULAWAYO, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security.

Read the full story, “Seeds of Survival, Amid Conflict Sudan Is Saving Its Agricultural Future”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an addition 6.3 million people will die in the next four years, unless support is reinstated.

Read the full story, “UNAIDS chief warns of ‘real surge’ in deaths unless US restores funding”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

United Nations peace operations are facing mounting challenges as conflicts become more protracted, geopolitical divisions widen and transnational threats multiply, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday.

Read the full story, “UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said on Monday, in an appeal for $934.5 million to help them.

Read the full story, “‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

Staff members of the United Nations around the world who are recruited locally are “particularly vulnerable” to detention and should be released and allowed to go home according to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

Read the full story, “Local staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday.

Read the full story, “South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns”, on globalissues.org

25 March 2025, 08:15

The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave.

Read the full story, “Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse”, on globalissues.org